ATLANTA — From brisket to pulled pork, to a nice rack of ribs, there’s no doubt that the South is one of the best places for some good barbecue.

A new study by Bid-On-Equipment (BOE) ranks Atlanta as No. 1 among the company’s list of “America’s Most BBQ Obsessed Cities.”

To determine their rankings, BOE said it “analyzed Google search volume of 2,121 search terms including ‘bbq near me,’ ‘bbq recipes,’ and ‘best barbecue near me’ between February 2022 and February 2023.

Also among the top five were Kansas City, Tampa, Minneapolis, and Las Vegas, all in that order.

They also determined what the best barbecue restaurants were in each city.

“In Atlanta, Das BBQ is the number one spot,” BOE’s website states. “The counter-service restaurant has been filling bellies with brisket and pulled pork for more than two decades.

“Other finger-licking good BBQ restaurants are Pit Boss BBQ and Sweet Auburn BBQ.”

BOE said the company “gathered the top 30 rated barbecue restaurants on Yelp, Trip Advisor, and Google and used Google search data to figure out which spots foodies are searching the most for in each respective city.”

And if Korean barbecue is your thing, Atlanta came in at No. 2 on the company’s list of “Top 20 Cities for Korean BBQ in the U.S.”

To see the study for yourself and how other cities across the U.S. compared, CLICK HERE.

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